We Came Through Lyrics - Scott 3 - Scott Walker

We came through 

We came riding through like warriors from afar 

Our black horses danced upon the graves of yesterday's desires 

Haunted by our visions framed in fire 

I greet you, for you still believe in what's behind a door 

You've seen the children freeze upon their knees 

And praying to the wind 

Descend their grey madonnas back again 

Fire the guns, and salute the men who died for freedom's sake 

And we'll weep tonight, but we won't lie awake 

Gazing up at statues dressed in stars 

We won't dream, for they don't come true for us 

Not anymore 

They've run afar to hide in caves 

With haggard burning eyes 

Their icy voices tear our hearts like knives 

We came through 

Like the Gothic monsters perched on Notre Dame 

We observe the naked souls of gutters pouring forth mankind 

Smothered in an avalanche of time 

And we're giants as we watch our kings and countries raise their shields 

And Guevara dies encased in their ideals 

And as Luther King's predictions fade from view 

We came through